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The Very Long, Very Strange Life of Isaac Dahl
by Bart Yates
The Very Long, Very StrangeLife of Isaac Dahl (5/21/2024)
Isaac Dahl was a witness to many of the major events of the 20th century. During his long life he experienced natural disasters, wrote about wars and nursed loved ones through devastating illnesses. Yet despite the backdrop of violence, tragedy and loss, Isaac and hismore
Peach Blossom Spring: A Novel
by Melissa Fu
Peach Blossom Spring (3/2/2022)
Against a backdrop of war, political upheaval and human displacement, readers are introduced to Meilin and her young son Renshu. The story begins in 1938 when the family is forced to flee their home in Hunan Province and begin a long and perilous journey which ultimatelymore
The Last Chance Library
by Freya Sampson
The Last Chance Library (7/20/2021)
Author Freya Sampson introduces the reader to a wide variety of interesting townspeople whose stories are compelling and together create a colorful and vibrant backdrop for the drama that unfolds in the English village of Chalcot. It is the local library, however, thatmore
Crossing the River: Seven Stories That Saved My Life, A Memoir
by Carol Smith
Crossing the River (2/18/2021)
Author Carol Smith writes in the introduction to her memoir CROSSING THE RIVER that after the death of her young son, Christopher, "I couldn't read the map to find my way out of the vast, harsh landscape of my grief." It was not until she returned to work as a reporter formore
Hieroglyphics
by Jill McCorkle
Hieroglyphics (7/2/2020)
From the very first chapters of Hieroglyphics I was engaged. Good character development is always important to fiction but especially during this time of quarantine when our social interactions are limited, the opportunity to "interact" with others was appreciated. All fourmore
I Want You to Know We're Still Here: A Post-Holocaust Memoir
by Esther Safran Foer
I Want You to Know We're Still Here (12/10/2019)
As a child, Esther Safran knew that her parents had been the only members of their immediate families to escape the reach of Nazi Germany during World War II. Natives of small villages in the Ukraine, they had survived due to their courage, some luck and the support ofmore
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